In June 1965, 28-year-old Jim Henson started a written log of his activities in what became known as “The Red Book.” He noted down what had happened up until that point (deemed “Ancient History”) and then recorded anything that he felt was worth recording as single line journal entries until the end of 1988.

Selected curated entries courtesy of The Jim Henson Company Archives.

7/–/1980 – ‘During July – checking out locations for Caper.’

For his first feature film directing effort, The Great Muppet Caper, Jim was careful to pull together an experienced team. When it came to logistics, there was no one better than Martin Baker, who would serve as the location manager for the film. Jim had first met Baker in 1971 when he was the guest travel coordinator for a Tom Jones special that the Muppets taped in London. As part of the group working at ATV studio, Baker was the floor manager for The Muppet Show and proved himself invaluable to Jim and the performers. Baker’s work on Caper helped launch his producing career and over the last thirty-five years, his credits include dozens of Henson productions. He continues to work with the Muppets and The Jim Henson Company through his independent company Baker-Coogan Productions, most recently on the feature film, The Muppets and the series, Me and My Monsters.